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WASTE TAKES

Converting Waste to

Educational Resources?

he Dr. O.P. Bhalla notebooks. MREI’s ingenious
Foundation at Manav solution, launched in Faridabad in
Rachna Educational 2022, is to collect this discarded
TInstitution (MREI) paper and transform it into
showcased its dedication to notebooks.
sustainability and education The impact is significant: 5,000kg
through the Raddi Recycling of waste have already become
Initiative. 25,000 notebooks, benefiting
Thousands of kilogrammes of 15,000 needy students from local
wastepaper from the campus are government schools and NGOs like
contributing to landfills, while Loria Pragatisheel Research and
many schoolchildren lacked basic Development Foundation.

Societies Can Go Zero Garbage

outh Delhi’s Navjivan Vihar, door-to-door campaign to convince
home to 380 families, once residents to segregate waste into wet,
faced the common urban dry and hazardous categories. Through
Sproblem of waste piling up, consistent follow-ups, daily texts
destined for landfills and impacting and videos, she cleared doubts and
local hygiene. emphasized proper waste management.
The transformation began with Dr The results are remarkable: 125kg
Ruby Makhija, a resident doctor and of daily kitchen waste now becomes
passionate environmentalist, who compost for gardens, dry waste goes to
took on the role of Resident Welfare recyclers and usable items are donated
Association secretary with a clear to NGOs. This initiative has made
Navjivan Vihar a zero-garbage colony
mission: no garbage bag to the landfill. year after year, moving towards a
The solution involved a meticulous, cleaner and healthier environment.

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